Accomplishments: Department of Environmental and Global Health
Erika Marquez (Environmental and Occupational Health), Amanda Haboush-Deloye (Social and Behavioral Health), Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration and Policy) and Binita Adhikari (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) coauthored a paper titled “Factors Associated with Hospital Length of Stay and Intensive Care Utilization Among Pediatric COVID-19 Patients…
Alireza Rezaee and Asma Tahir (both Environmental and Occupational Health) from the 51ԹϺ Pollen Lab presented a poster titled, “Annual Comparison Of Ragweed Pollen Concentrations In Las Vegas And Jean From 2019-2023,” at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology conference in San Diego, California, on March 2, 2025.
Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health) published a chapter “Underused Alternative Techniques for Mosquito Control“ in the book “Practical Control of Mosquitoes Disease Vectors,” along with Robert Jones from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
Chad Cross (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health), Miklo Alcala, and Bryson Carrier coauthored an article titled, “Descriptive Epidemiology of Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections in the United States: Using Big Data to Characterize Patients and Analyze Parasitic Disease Trends,” in the journal,…
Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health) and Chad Cross (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) coauthored an article titled “The effect of next-generation, dual-active-ingredient, long-lasting insecticidal net deployment on insecticide resistance in malaria vectors in Benin: results of a 3-year, three-arm, cluster-randomised, controlled…
Mark Buttner (Environmental and Occupational Health) received a one-year grant from the Clark County School District to continue the Airborne Pollen Monitoring project, which provides updated pollen and mold spore counts for the Las Vegas area. In 2013, 51ԹϺ partnered with the Clark County School District to establish the program in order to…
Zuobin Xiong (PI), Mingon Kang, Junggab Son (all Computer Science), and Ying Guo (Environmental and Occupational Health) have been awarded a grant from National Science Foundation (NSF), titled "Equipment: HSI: ELPSE: EI: A Guided Pathway to Enhancing HSI Student Experience and Success in Generative AI with the Planting of Education-Oriented…
Alyx Phillips from Three Square Food Bank and Environmental and Occupational Health alum, Courtney Coughenour, Sheila Janofsky (both Environmental and Occupational Health), Ian McDonough (Economics), Jason Flatt (Social and Behavioral Health), Samantha John (Brain Health), and Lisa Segler from Three Square Food Bank presented a talk, "…
Lung-Wen Antony Chen (Environmental and Occupational Health) presented a talk titled "Building Resilience Through Climate Justice in Nevada" at the 2024 Impact Summit in Las Vegas, NV, held by Nevada Minority Health and Equity Coalition on November 15. The presentation showcased initiatives aimed at building resilience — such as urban heat…
Louisa Messenger and Trishan Wickramasinghe (both Environmental and Occupational Health) were invited to present at the 21st World Health Organization Vector Control Advisory Group meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. The WHO VCAG provides independent evaluation of the value of innovative new tools and technologies in public health…
Dana Surwill (Environmental and Occupational Health) a graduate student in public health, presented a poster titled, “Socioecological Predictors of Resilience in Sexual and Gender Minority,” at the American Public Health Association 2024 Annual Meeting October 27-30, 2024, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as part of the Delta Omega Poster Session. This…
Laurencia Bonsu (Environmental and Occupational Health), Smriti Neupane (Nevada Institute for Children's Research and Policy), and Asma Awan and Manoj Sharma (both Social and Behavior Health) presented a poster tilted “A phenomenological study of the lived experiences of how international students viewed a mass shooting at a large southwestern…